> "If we consider the typical lifecycle of a server, the highest costs arise from the moment when new hardware is purchased."

If that's the case, why aren't there more low budget hardware servers being offered? After all these years, there's Kimsufi by OVH but not much else.

There is a lot of very cheap hardware available these days that makes for a good small server to use as a mail server. Having a dedicated server for this purpose results in much better privacy.

I hope to see more low budget dedicated servers!